Re: contribution to GTG project and GOPW

[Bertrand Rousseau <bertrand rousseau gmail com>]

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Radina Matic <radina matic gmail com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 08:26, Bertrand Rousseau
> <bertrand rousseau gmail com> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 12:49 AM, Radina Matic <radina matic gmail com>
>> wrote:
>> > Thanks, Bertrand, it was actually great fun working on this and I am
>> > starting to like Mallard a lot!
>> >
>> > You have a point with PPA comment... I believe it is worth including in
>> > the
>> > docs, but maybe placing the whole PPA topic somewhere towards the end of
>> > help file would be a better solution. Actually, there is a warning note
>> > about the instability and bug issues when installing the development
>> > release
>> > that I copied from Launchpad, but you are right, I should add the advice
>> > to
>> > backup the data prior to this kind of operation.
>>
>> Ok, placing it near the end is better. Maybe even better to put in
>> some "GTG for advanced users" section if you have any of those.
>
>
> Reading my mind, are you? :))))
>

Yes, I can do that ;-)

> Check the changes in the shared Google Doc with topic outline, I've added a
> new section for Advanced Users of GTG which now contains, apart from the
> Installation of Daily PPA, two Izidor's ideas for creating personal backends
> and plugins...

There's some wizardy stuff you can do with Quick Add Bar that would
maybe fit in there. But I'm no expert, I generally don't use this
feature.

>>
>>
>> > Now that I think of it, do you believe that we should include a general
>> > chapter about backup process? I didn't think of it before, does GTG have
>> > a
>> > backup option? How is the user supposed to approach it?
>>
>> No, we don't have an explcit backup option (hmm, interesting. Plugin,
>> anyone?). The data is stored in .local/share/gtg or
>> $XDG_DATA_HOME/share/gtg if it is set.
>>
>> The user data is replicated in this folder so that if GTG crashes,
>> there are backuped copies available. To backup/archive GTG data, the
>> use should backup this folder, and .config/gtg or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gtg
>>
>
> Ok, will be included in the Backup your GTG Data topic, at least until
> somebody comes up with a plugin... ;)
>
>
> Cheers,
> R.
>
>
>>
>> >
>> > Rgds,
>> > Radina
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 22:43, Bertrand Rousseau
>> > <bertrand rousseau gmail com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> I didn't the time to make a thorough review, but after a first glance,
>> >> it looks really good! (wow, GTG is getting help pages!)
>> >>
>> >> Just one remark: is it a good idea to speak about the PPA? Since it's
>> >> in the help (thus probably not very advanced people), I don't think we
>> >> should encourage to get the bleeding-edge copy of GTG... (at least
>> >> without a word of warning and good advices to keep data safe)
>> >>
>> >> Bertrand
>> >>
>> >> 2012/3/28 Izidor Matušov <izidor matusov gmail com>:
>> >> >> I'd love to hear what you think, and anybody who has 5 spare minutes
>> >> >> can
>> >> >> just download the master as tar.gz, uncompress it and open any of
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> .page files with Yelp.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Don't mind the text itself much, this was more of the structural
>> >> >> draft,
>> >> >> to see how all the content pages link together in Mallard format.
>> >> >> Once
>> >> >> the structure is all in place and approved by the team, I'll proceed
>> >> >> with polishing the actual text.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > I can open it and browse it :-) Sometimes I find in console those
>> >> > messages:
>> >> > Unmatched inline element: steps
>> >> > Unmatched inline element: item
>> >> > Unmatched inline element: p
>> >> > Unmatched inline element: item
>> >> > Unmatched inline element: p
>> >> > Unmatched inline element: item
>> >> > Unmatched inline element: p
>> >> > Unmatched inline element: item
>> >> > Unmatched inline element: p
>> >> > Unmatched inline element: item
>> >> > Unmatched inline element: p
>> >> >
>> >> > When I opened shortcut page, shortcuts for main window were
>> >> > collapsed.
>> >> > Is
>> >> > that an intention?
>> >> >
>> >> > Besides text and structure (there are no pages for last sections), it
>> >> > looks
>> >> > great!
>> >> >
>> >> > Izidor
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Bertrand Rousseau
>> >
>> >
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>>
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>> --
>> Bertrand Rousseau
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Bertrand Rousseau